Spin Doctors
Formed in New York in 1991, the Spin Doctors began as Trucking Company in 1989 with Chris Barron (singer/songwriter), Eric Schenkman and John Popper, high school friends from Princeton, N.J. Popper left to form Blues Traveler, so Aaron Comess, New School (a school associated with Parsons) classmate joined the band. Mark White was added and the “Spin Doctors” were formed. Although the band was only one of many bands with their sound/style (jam-oriented blues), only the Spin Doctors made it big. They released Pocket Full of Kryptonite in 1991. It took about a year for their first single, “Little Miss Can't Be Wrong," to get airplay on MTV and the radio. When it did, though, the Spin Doctors' first album sold millions and the band became a sensation. 1994's Turned it Upside Down similarly took a long time to take off, but when the second single, “You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast," hit the airwaves, the album sold very well. 1996's album, You've Got to Believe in Something, failed to sell and Epic dropped the band from its label. In 1999, the group released Here Comes the Bride on the Uptown/Universal label.
According to RollingStone (8.18.99):
The voice of the Spin Doctors is without his voice. Chris Barron, lead singer of the New York-based neo-hippie pop troupe, has been diagnosed with a rare vocal cord paralysis that leaves him unable to speak above a whisper. According to Spin Doctors drummer Aaron Comess, Barron's affliction began during a string of shows in late May. "Chris woke up on a Monday morning and had no voice," he said. Three months later, despite seeing various medical specialists, Barron's condition has not improved. "Nobody can really say for sure if and when he's gonna get his voice back or, if he gets it back, if it's gonna sound the same," Comess said. "It's a pretty bad situation."
As they toured to promote their first album, The Wallflowers opened dates for the Spin Doctors in August and September, 1992.